What Does Dreaming of War Mean?
What does dreaming of war mean in traditional interpretation?
According to traditional interpretation and Ibn Sirin, war in a dream may mostly point to turmoil, discord, and the struggle to make a living; yet seeing oneself fight for God's sake, or win the war, can be interpreted as expanding provision, goodness, and the overcoming of difficulties.
What does dreaming of war mean psychologically?
Psychologically, a war dream may be the outward expression of repressed anger, of inner conflicts, or of the need to face a struggle in your life; according to Jung it may point to a reckoning with your shadow, and according to Freud, with your inner drives.
By Context
What does winning the war mean in a dream?
It may indicate that you will overcome disputes and obstacles and prevail, pointing to success.
What does fleeing from the war mean in a dream?
It may point to waning tenderness toward your loved ones—especially your spouse—or to a responsibility you are avoiding.
For Married People: what does dreaming of war mean?
It may point to tensions that could arise with one's spouse and children; for a single person, it can be interpreted as disagreement with family or parents.
Preparing for War: what does dreaming of war mean?
It may indicate that difficult, stressful days could lie ahead, or that you are readying yourself for a struggle.
Where these readings come from
Every symbol in this dictionary carries two readings side by side, and neither replaces the other. The traditional interpretation comes from the classical literature of Ibn Sirin and al-Nabulsi, where a dream is taken as a sign of what is to come and a symbol's meaning is largely fixed. The psychological view follows Jung and Freud: there a dream speaks not about the future but about the dreamer, and a symbol stands for something the person has repressed or cannot yet name. That is why the same symbol can read differently, even oppositely, under the two headings. The context section follows from the same idea: one symbol reads differently depending on who saw it and what happened in the dream.